James Lake

Wanna be chef, avid runner who lives for my family. First seeking to understand, prior to being understood is my approach with partners.

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

Cardiac Pack! Don’t give up..don’t ever give up! #GoPack #jimmyv

[NC State Men's Basketball @PackMensBball]

SOUTH REGIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆

[NC State Men's Basketball @PackMensBball]

SOUTH REGIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

@packftball_news Philly….

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

Sunday Night Baseball with Joe Morgan and Karl Ravech was must see TV for 90s kids. 💯

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

Tony Bennett hits on true humility..good one.

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

HANDLING ADVERSITY

"If you use adversity right, it will buy you a ticket to a place you couldn't have gone any other way." (Tony Bennett)

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

Whether you like TB or not he has some simple but strong wisdom….

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Tom Brady, on believing in yourself

💬 “I was a backup quarterback on a 0-8 freshman high school team, and I didn’t play. We didn’t even win a game, and I couldn’t even play”

[Mohit Lad @mohitlad]

On a customer call with @alecia_shepard_ where she shared "My mother always says - never marry someone until you've seen how they react to poor internet". Brilliant advice. @thousandeyes @Cisco

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

Often imitated, but the rich data set is never duplicated. Still the authority on the internet and ensuring the confidence of the services that traverse. #thousandeyes #authorityontheinternet #remotework #EmployeeExperience

[Cisco ThousandEyes @thousandeyes]

ThousandEyes can confirm that Microsoft Teams started to become unavailable to global users at appropriately 1:15 AM UTC, July 21 (6:15 PM PDT, July 20). The incident is still ongoing. https://t.co/34QtRhdHO6

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

RT for two who stormed Normandy, now 100 🇺🇸

[Gene Chizik @CoachGeneChizik]

Quitting is not innate. It is learned/acquired. Adapt, adjust and overcome when life gets tough. Life isn’t a transfer portal. The next thing isn’t always better. Don’t let this become a “give up” generation. Persevere and FINISH, you’ll never regret it.🙏🏻
#WordsofChizdom

[Cisco ThousandEyes @thousandeyes]

ThousandEyes tests can confirm that at 15:40 UTC on October 4, the Facebook application became unreachable due to DNS failure. Facebook’s authoritative DNS nameservers became unreachable at that time. The issue is still ongoing as of 17:02 UTC.

[Simon Sinek @simonsinek]

The Navy SEALs aren't made up of the strongest, toughest, or smartest candidates. They all possess something much deeper.

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

@Shutterfly Super disappointed in cards being ordered on Dec 2nd and still hanging out. Sitting on hold for 30 minutes at a time and hiding behind “high volume”.

[Hillman Flooring @HillmanFlooring]

Are you ready to remodel an area in your home? 🏡 Need a bathroom or kitchen facelift? 🛁 Hillman Flooring has you covered!!! Now until the end of may take advantage of free pad with carpet purchases, free setting… https://t.co/yMWK1KFqxm

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

@bmillz09 Where is the Stone Cold Steve Austin one?

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

No surprise here... stuck at home doing online shopping. How many times will the Internet “break” this week? #thousandeyes #internet #networks #internetbusiness #connectivitymatters #onlinebusinesses https://t.co/hXw4fJ20JM

[MLB @MLB]

Because we could all use a smile. ❤️⚾️

[James Lake @JamesGLake]

Good watch..net net all these services, providers, employee experience are dependent on the internet. Do you have visibility to the internet like it’s your own? #internet #thousandeyes

https://t.co/Yxmyj68dBn

[Yahoo Finance @YahooFinance]

Highlight: “It puts a lot of stress on the networks,” TECHnalysis Research President and Chief Analyst @bobodtech says about many people working from home. “I think everybody is going to pitch in on this and figure out the best way to do it.”

[kenz b @kenzblackwelder]

you’re pathetic @theACC. it’s extremely hard to win games when your own conference is against you.